Indicator foe fare registers



(No Model.)

R. M. ROSE.

INDIGATOR POR PARE REGISTBRS.

Y No. 245,221. Patented Aug. 2,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Orricn.

REUBEN M. ROSE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

INDICATOR FOR FARE-REGISTERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters i Application filed April To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, REUBEN M. Rosa, of the city of Brooklyn, inthe county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Passenger and- Fare Indicators, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates particularly to fare or passenger indicators for use in street-cars and other vehicles, and in which an index finger or hand is advanced by a step-by-step movenient over a visible dial; but the invention might be applied to similar indicators for theaters and other public places.

The indicators for street-cars are so constructed that their index lingers or hands may be turned to a zero or fixed starting point at the beginning of each trip, and it is obvious that if not turned bach to the proper point opportunity is afforded for cheating` by the conductor. For example, if' the indcx hand or finger were turned ahead to indicate 95 upon a dial divided into a hundred parts, it is obvious that the conductor might receive and ring up fteen fares, and still have the index finger or hand indicate only 10 upon the dial.

The principal object of my invention is to' provide a tell-tale which is necessarily moved in turning the index finger or hand to a zeropoint, and is then left stationary, and has its backward movement prevented, while the i11- dex n ger or hand is moved away from it, thus indicating the actual starting-point, and disclosing the fact it' the finger or liand has not been started at the proper point.

The invention consists in t-he combination, with a dial and an index finger or hand and a tell-tale finger or hand, one provided with a projection engaging with the other, of' a toothed circularrim surrouudin gthe dial and apawl carried by or formed upon said tell-tale iin ger or hand for engaging with said rim and preventing backward movement of said tell-tale n`n ger In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a face view of an indicator embodying myinvention aportion ofthe dial being broken away, and Fig. 2 represents a vertical section thereof upon the dotted line x Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in both figures.

Patent No. 245,221, dated August 2, 1881,

14,1881. (Noinodel.)

A designates the case of the indicator, and B designates a dial at the front thereof, and visible through the glass face c of the case.

O designates a central shaft or axis extending from front to back of the case, and supported in proper bearings b, as seen clearly in Fig. 2.

Upon the shaft O, in front of the dial B, is an index iingcr or hand, B', which is fitted thereon tightly enough to cause itto turn therewith, but not so tightly that it may not be otherwise moved when the shaft is stationary.

D designates a ratchet-wheel fixed upon the shaft O, and E designates a lever which is bifurcated, so as to embrace said wheel, and is loosely fulcrumed upon the said shaft, and carries an actuating-pawl, c, which takes into the teeth of the ratchet-wheel D. At the outer end ofthe lever E a pull-piece may be connected. At each operation the lever is returned by a spring, d, and it will be' clearly understood that by operating it the index finger or hand B is advanced by a step-by-step movement in the usual manner.

It is obvious that the lever E might be otherwise constructed than with a pawl to cause it to engage with the wheel D, the latter in such case not being a ratchet-wheel.

lith the ratcliet-wlieel l), I may employ a stop-pawl, to prevent its backward movement, and the indicator might have a bell operated in any suitable manner, but such devices are well known in indicators of this class, and therefore need no particular description.

Upon the shaft O, also, outside the dial B and the index linger or hand B, is a looselyfitting tell-tale finger orhand,F, which remains stationary while the shaft turns, and is provided with a hand-piece, c, extending through the glass, whereby it may be turned. The dial B is surrounded by a toothed rim, f, which, while it permits the tell-tale vfinger F to bc moved freely in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 1, prevents it from being moved in the opposite direction. The linger F is formed to engage with tlie rim j' like a pawl, or carries a pawl.

As before stated, the index iinger or hand B is fitted tightly enough upon the shaft C to turn therewith, but loosely enough so that it may be turned independent-ly thereof.

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Upon the index in ger or hand B is a projection, g, which extends forward sufficiently far to engage with or project on the right side of the tell-tale finger or hand F.

Suppose, now, that during one trip the index finger or hand B has been advanced to the position shown in dot-ted outline, and it is desired to turn the said nger or hand to zero or a fixed starting-point. The tell-tale linger or hand is turned by the hand-piece c, and, acting upon the projection g, turns also the index nger or hand until they both stand at the position shown in full outline in Fig. 1. If the shaft C now be turned step by step the index nger or hand will travel away from the telltale n ger or hand, and the latter Will truly indicate the actual starting-point, and disclose the fact if it was not the proper starting-point or zero. By this means it will be seen that the conductor would be prevented from using 9() or any point behind zero for the startingpoint without the fact being disclosed and the proper number of fares required of him.

Instead ofthe index finger or hand having a projection extending on the right side of the tell-tale linger, a projection on the latter cxtending on the left side ofthe index linger or hand would effect a like result.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In an indicator', the combination, with a dial and an index tinger or hand and a tell-tale linger or hand, one provided with a projection engaging with the other, of a toothed circular rim and a pawl carried by or formed upon said tell-tale finger or hand for engaging with said rim, and preventing the backward movement of said tell-tale iinger or hand, substantially as an d for the purpose specified.

2. In a passenger or fareindicator, the combination, with a dial, an index iinger or hand, and mechanism adapted to be operated from outside the case of the instrument for advancing said finger or hand step by step, of a telltale finger or hand, and a projection on one finger or hand engaging with the other finger or hand, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. rlhc conbination ol' the shaft C, the dial B, the index finger or hand B', the tell-talc iin ger or hand F, constructed to form a pawl, and the circular toothed rim f, all substantially as specified.

REUBEN M. ROSE.

Witnesses: l

Fnnx. HAYNEs, A. C. WEBB. 

